Declan Broekhart-- Father
& Captain of the Saltee Island Sharpshooters
Catherine Broekhart -- Mother & Scientist
Raymond Trudeau -- Original King of Saltee Islands
King Nicholas Trudeau -- King 700 years later, American Aeronaut who served as a balloonist in the American Civil War
Isabella Trudeau -- King's daughter
Marshal Hugo Bonvilain -- High Commander of the Saltee Army and Commander of the Holy Cross Guard , direct descendant of Percy Bonvilain.
Victor Vigny - Captain of the Aeronautical Squadron/ Conor’s teacher
Arthur Biltoe - Head Prison Guard
Pike - Arthur's friend and fellow prison guard
Linus Wynter - A spy and musician
Otto Malarkey - Head of the Battering Rams
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The book begins with the Paris World's Fair of 1878, which Declan Broekhart and his wife are attending. They are there mainly to see a new hot air balloon, which they are to take a ride in. While they are in the air, along with Victor Vigny, the balloon is shot at by men from the ground. During the forced landing, Conor Broekhart is born, flying over Paris.
In the 1890s Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast, which are ruled by King Nicholas Trudeau. Nicholas is a progressive leader who is helping the islands adapt to the industrialized world.
In a fire accident, when they are trapped on tone of the tower's roofs, Conor saves Isabella (Nicholas' daughter) and himself, by making a makeshift glider and gliding down to sea from the royal palace. After they are rescued from the ocean, King Nicholas knights Conor for his bravery.
Conor spends his days with his tutor, Victor Vigny, studying, and learning how to fly, and exploring the castle with the king's daughter, Princess Isabella. Conor and Victor are obsessed with building a "flying machine". In secret, the head of the island's guards, Marshall Bonvilain, conspires to overthrow